XnView MP 1.10.5: Moving color-labeled images with Alt+M leaves empty placeholder entries

[modchi33]

I found a bug in XnView MP 1.10.5 on Windows.

When I move images that have a color label applied, using the Alt+M shortcut to move them to another drive or folder, the files are moved successfully, but empty placeholder entries remain behind in the view. They appear as blank/ghost items, as shown in the screenshot.

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Steps to reproduce:

Create a folder and place 2 images inside it.

Inside that same parent folder, create another subfolder and copy the same 2 images into it, so there are 4 images total across the recursive folder structure.

Apply an orange color label to all 4 images.

Open the Color Label filter and set it to Current folder Recursive + AND.

Select the orange label so all labeled images appear.

Select all images, then use Alt+M to move them to another folder.

When prompted, choose Replace All.

Expected result:
All moved images should disappear cleanly from the current filtered view.

Actual result:
The files are moved, but empty placeholder/ghost entries remain in the Catalog Filter results.

[jkm]

The Catalog Filter does not update "Live" for some things. Some changes require a restart of the app (this was partially addressed in a recent update) and other changes require you to switch filters to update. As in, you're viewing orange; then select red, then go back to orange and orange is updated when you re-enter it.

You'll notice that if you view the orange category in the catalog filter, and there you change a file to red, it does NOT instantly disappear. You must leave and re-enter orange. That's not a bug, it's a limitation.

I tried your test:

When set to Current Folder Recursive (the AND is irrelevant by the way; that is the boolean mode, not the scope) all the images cleanly disappeared.
When set to Global, 2 images disappeared (which is correct, since you effectively deleted 2 and 2 remain).

So I was not able to reproduce what you describe.

What happens if you switch filters in the catalog filter and go back?